Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-04-30

| brought him Out the probabliltleS are Inat Ine
Democrats would have nominated him, and
the whole history Of the country might have
been changed" ~
Speaking Of Grant, 1t has been generally
forgotten that a purse of 100000 was raised
for him after the war closed. ! heard the
story of this to day. Grant was at the head
of the army, and nothing was yet thought of
him as presidential candidate. 1t was sup
posed that he would spend the remainder Of
his life here as general in chief. He was
poor and was living with his family i'll a
boarding house. A man named Corbin
owned large house which he had bought of
John c. Breckenridge for 5000 He had
held it for long time, and lie wanted to sell
it. He thought Grant would make good
purchaser. He called upon him and told him
that he thought ne ought to have house,
that it was more beftting his position to
own his home, and that he would like to sell
him the Breckenridge mansion.
II know that replied Gen. Grant, "but it
| is out of the question. The house you speak
of is very fine one and would like to own
| it, but l am too poor to think Of anything Of
| the kind"
| Corbin then went to New York and called
| upon a number Of capitalists. He had inter
! views with Moses H. Grinnell, A. T. Stewart,
interview with Grant he raised a purse OF S40.-
600 for the purchase of the house which he
had bought for 81, 900, and be raised purse
Of Sl00, 900 additional to invest for Grant in
United States 8 per cent. bonds, When Cor
bin called ON Grant and told him what he had
! done, Grant was of course highly delighted.
He introduced Corhin to his family and made
much of him. 1t was in this way that Cor
bin met Grants sister. whom he afterward
married. When Grant left the army purse
WAS raised for Gen. Sherman, and this house
WAS bought for him Of Grant at cost Of
s.o.o0 80
Chief Justice Cartier was among the last of
the circle Of statesmen who were in their
prime 81 the time of the war. Hannibal
Haniln, il IS true, sill lives in Maine, Simon
CaE,seroa talks "reminiscences at Harrisburg
Arsi Judge Hes. sesssss 8 retired life at Wash
iaseosa- judge Kelley. then a Young man, is
s<aAl ia pataSc life. and there are few others,
s2ca IS Sszaztcr Sherman, Who began their
career IN tire Sftses> wAo sill figure upon the
Ts1Aaae ss&ss. Ben Wszss died about ten
WEARS sg,A 2z.s EscA Chandler followed him 8
tt~ wears haer, Stanton. Lincoln. Chase.
Sss~xrts. GaAaz-ass and Sumner have long
ssn,e gsssse9 AWAY. an. before smother decade
Asss carss .-cS-3 aosse II tie statesmen Of war
&xvs wSGl lie leSs.
called uuaa Ben Wade shortly before he
died ami cbsltsd with him about his remark
ale career. Re told NE how, as a boy, be
walked acTosS TIE mountains from New Eng
ls1i 50 Ohso, and I understand he kept his
us=Erovy green TO the day of his death.
Shortly before be died he made remark
about Beecher which is rather interesting.
The story IS told me by leading citizen of
Jefferson, Ohio. where Wade lived and died,
and where his SOUS still reside. 1t was during
Cus Of Beecheris soinersaui.s upon religious
questions, AMI this gentleman, Mr.. French,
h-o1Sh. IL TIE paper describing Eeechers new
a.tit1te AMI laid it before Wade. Wade
read the paragraph which was pointed out to
HIN. and was tisen asked as to what abls.
IL ,agtt OF Beecher.
lie raised his l--ss-ssas and Brought it down
uron .sss~knee with a slap as he said !:
~Beecher. Hang Beecher l don't like
Beecher. Beecher knocked hell out of re-
ligion, and religion without he'll is no better
| than pork without salt"
| Ben Wade was noted for his emphatic ex-
preston. He believed in calling a spade a
| spade, and he rather nridei himself upon the
title of Bluff Ben Wade" He had chance
| to he president at the time Lincoln was NOM
mattel, and l have been told that there was
some talk Of taking him up in place of Lin
! coin, but that the other delegates were turned
! from him by circular which stated that
there had been insanity i'll Ben Wade's fam
| lily, that his health was poor and that it was
not safe to nominate him upon this ground
! This statement l have never seen in a news
! paper, AMI have never heard anything in
northern Ohio which leads me to believe that
| it can have any truth in it.
*s*
Mr.. D. ". Bartlett, secretary of the Chi
nese legation, tells me an interesting story
about President Pierce. Bartlett, who was a
young newspaper man at the time Pierce was
| nominated wrote a campaign life of the can
didate. The material for this he obtained
while on visit to Pierce. He says Pierce
was very fine looking man. He was tall
and slender and rather commanding in figure
He had u fine. o.en face, high forehead,
| gray hair, and eyes which were very bright
and piercing. There was nothing asistocratie
about him. He was as polite to a beggar as
to prince, and as free to talk with country
farmer as to United States senator.
II was very favoraLly impressed with him
during my visit" said Mr.. Bartlett, sand l
remember curious story he told Ine of his
school teaching days He was educated, you
know, at Dickinson college, and he had
hardly enough money to satisfy his wants.
| During one of his vacations be visited a col
| lege friend in Maine and was here persuaded
to take charge of school. He got $l4 a
month for teaching, and he did not find it
very easy work. He had not been the hardest
of students at the college. and the mathe-
mates of the school room troubled him. He
told me he found nine different kinds of
arithmetic used in his school when he began
to teach it. He got one of each and went
to work During the winter he came
upon problem which he could not solve. He
worked upon it all night in vain The next
Gay he delivered long lecture to his scholars
upon the propriety of figuring out their own
sums, as it would do them but little good were
he to show them the process. That night he
again worked upon the problem, and toward
morning, when about to give it up in despair.
he Glanced to cast his eye upon little recess
in the chimney and saw it contained q little
cupboard. He turned the button of the door
and opened it without any particular object
in view As he did so he saw within it a
sheet of paper covered with figures, and upon
looking at this he found that it contained the
solution of the very problem upon which he
was working In moment he saw the prin-
eiple which he had overlooked and the next